Ex-New Brunswick Parking Authority officers are sentenced for stealing more...
NEW BRUNSWICK — Two former security officers for the New Brunswick Parking Authority have been sentenced to prison time for stealing a combined total of more than $100,000 in payments made by...
View ArticleFormer Newark employee gets 5 months in prison for filing false income tax forms
HILLSIDE — A former longtime civilian employee of the Newark police department was sentenced today to five months in prison for filing false income tax forms that kept the federal government from...
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Linden council votes against replacing judge accused of prosecuting,...
LINDEN — A municipal judge who came under fire this week after a complaint he prosecuted the same case he presided over has survived an attempt to replace him. Judge Louis M. J. DiLeo of Linden, who...
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Ex-Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners manager pleads not guilty to...
PATERSON — A former Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission official has pleaded not guilty to official misconduct charges. The Record newspaper reports that Kevin Keogh of Roseland was arraigned today in...
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Authorities find man fatally shot inside car in Newark
NEWARK — A man was shot and killed while sitting in a car in the city's North Ward this morning, police said. The victim, identified as Danny Uleridora, a Hispanic male who is 23 years old, was shot...
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Ocean Township bank robbed of cash in reported armed robbery
Ocean — A man robbed a Monmouth County bank earlier today by showing a teller what appeared to be a weapon, authorities said. There were no injuries in the incident which occurred at about 4:30 p.m....
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Morris County sheriff's officer is charged with setting series of Parsipany...
PARSIPPANY — On Sept. 14, 2008, an assistant fire chief, helped by a youth involved in the Morris County Explorer Program, used an "incendiary device" to set fire to an attached garage on Old...
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Three men are charged in Burlington County cross burning
BASS RIVER — Three men face charges after a cross was burned near a southern New Jersey highway. State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones says the men were seen near the spot where the 4-by-8-foot...
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Former N.J. assemblyman, brother won't have to face extortion conspiracy charges
JERSEY CITY — A federal appeals court ruled today that a pair of brothers arrested in New Jersey's massive 2009 corruption sting won't have to face the most serious charges against them, a decision...
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Carteret teenager is shot to death
CARTERET — Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Carteret boy Wednesday near a borough baseball field and the library. The boy was shot about 6 p.m., authorities said, and...
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Prosecutor: Chatham priest slaying suspect's recorded confession should be...
Feliciano's attorney is trying to get the confession thrown out on grounds he was tricked into making it Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerJose Feliciano looks toward Ana Tent, one of his two attorneys...
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Police nab 6 in connection with New Brunswick daytime home invasion
Would-be thieves flee empty handed in attempted evening robbery Google MapsMap view of Wyckoff Street in New Brunswick, where six men invaded a home Wednesday. NEW BRUNSWICK — Six men were arrested...
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Authorities search for car that struck New Brunswick pedestrian in Somerset...
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) — Authorities are searching for a vehicle that struck a New Brunswick man as he tried to cross Route 27 early this morning. Trivone Alstone, 20, suffered injuries to his...
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U.S. appeals court upholds removal of extortion charge against ex-Assemblyman...
Court threw out a major part of the government's case, saying Manzo could not be charged with selling a public office he did not hold Journal file photoLou Manzo is interviewed on election night in...
View ArticleFormer Jersey City police officer admits falsifying mortgage application to...
JERSEY CITY — A former Jersey City police officer today admitted to falsifying a mortgage application to buy a second home. Brian Ragauckas, an 11-year veteran of the police department, wound up...
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N.J. Senate bill limits use of out-of-court witness testimony to criminal cases
TRENTON — The state Senate today passed a bill restricting the state Supreme Court’s new rules for witness testimony by limiting the types of cases where people can testify outside the courtroom. The...
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Judge to rule on whether Chatham priest slaying suspect's confession may be...
CHATHAM — A Superior Court judge in Morristown is expected to rule next week on whether a former church custodian’s confession to killing a Chatham priest may be used in his trial. A Morris County...
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Hillsborough man, 24, charged with selling heroin that caused fatal overdose
HILLSBOROUGH — A 24-year-old Hillsborough resident has been charged after allegedly selling heroin that caused a man to fatally overdose in August, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com. Steven...
View ArticleBergenfield councilwoman found not guilty of forging opponent's resignation...
BERGENFIELD — A superior court judge found former Bergenfield councilwoman Elaine Rabbitt not guilty of forgery on Thursday, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Rabbitt had been accused of...
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Police seek help finding man who swiped cash box from East Brunswick Girl...
EAST BRUNSWICK — East Brunswick police are seeking the public's help to catch a man who allegedly stole money from Girl Scouts selling cookies in front of a township store. Police on Thursday released...
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